lapidate
[lap-i-deyt]
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verb (used with object), lap·i·dat·ed, lap·i·dat·ing.
to pelt with stones.
to stone to death.
Nearby words
- lapel mike,
- laperm,
- lapful,
- lapheld,
- lapidary,
- lapidation,
- lapides,
- lapidicolous,
- lapidify,
- lapillus
Origin of lapidate
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Examples from the Web for lapidation
"Lapidation" is good; it is much more elegant than "stoning."
A Tramp Abroad, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)By the way they passed a sward of green, on which sundry little boys were engaged upon the lapidation of a lame duck.
The Caxtons, Complete|Edward Bulwer-LyttonBy the way they passed a sward of green, on which sundry little boys were engaged upon the lapidation, or stoning, of a lame duck.
lapidate
verb (tr) literary
Word Origin for lapidate
C17: from Latin lapidāre, from lapis stone
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lapidation
"stoning to death," 1610s, from Latin lapidationem (nominative lapidatio), noun of action from past participle stem of lapidare "to throw stones at," from the stem of lapis "stone."
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